Surgery Monday

Well last doctor's visit to my OB/GYN, we decided that in order to really know why I'm not getting pregnant we need to take a look inside. So we are doing just that this coming Monday (the 12th). I'm going in for a laproscopy/hysteroscopy. My doctor thinks that maybe I'm having problems from the peritonitis infection from my wheeler accident. The infection could have created lesions on various organs in my abdomen/pelivic region. If that's the case then it could be preventing my ovaries from releasing eggs. And while she's in there she's going to make sure all is well with everything else too. I have mixed feelings on what I hope the results are. On one hand if everything is normal then that's good news that nothing is wrong, but then it also means we have no answers....still; on the other hand if we find something wrong then that is not necessarily good news, but at least we know what that problem is and maybe we can work on fixing it or bypassing it.

As for non-drama stuff: we are going to Willard Lake on Thursday to go boating with some friends. That should be fun as long as I don't get too motion sick. I will try to remember my camera and take some fun pictures to post on here afterwards. Then next weekend is the Allen family reunion (Cade's mom's side). That is always an adventure :) Things are rarely even close to boring with that part of our family. Hopefully I'll be mostly recovered from my surgery by then so I can have fun with them all.

Washington DC

Last week we went to DC as chaperones with Cade's dad's FFA group for their Washington Leadership Conference. We had to actually be chaperones a couple of times, but mostly we just got to tour when and where we wanted and then meet up with the advisors group to eat the meals they paid for. It worked out really nice for us. We spent 8 days touring so we were able to see so much and yet there was still so much left to see. Rather than just telling you about it all I will just post a bunch of pictures to show you what we saw. Keep in mind I ended up with about 500 pictures so these are just a select few of them. For a few more you can check out my Facebook.

Arlington National Cemetary. Robert E. Lee's house in the background and the Eternal Flame burning and JFK's memorial/burial site.

Riding a ferry boat from Mt. Vernon to Old Town Alexandria.

Meeting Congressman Chaffetz.

The view from our hotel room balcony on the 11th floor.

One of the modern-day Masonic lodges